Across
- 4. A motif reflecting love’s endurance or fleeting nature
- 6. A 14-line poetic form often used for love poetry
- 9. A mournful poem, sometimes about lost love
- 10. Intense emotion often explored in love poetry
- 12. Vivid descriptive language appealing to the senses
- 13. The awareness of death, often in love poetry
- 14. A theme of desire and yearning
- 15. A literary movement valuing emotion and nature
Down
- 1. A reference to another text or idea
- 2. Frequently symbolizes purity and beauty in poetry
- 3. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things
- 5. Gentle expression to soften harsh realities
- 7. Using symbols to represent ideas or emotions
- 8. Explored in some modern love poems challenging norms
- 11. Emotional closeness between lovers